With the Fordson in Indiana and Illinois and Ohio Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Cleveland.” Tractor-drawn discs in field. “Operating a Martin ditcher at Andover.” Two workers riding tractor-drawn ditcher. “Threshing oats.” Worker pitching sheaves of oats into tractor-powered threshing machine, workers, barn. “Threshing wheat in the vicinity of Painsville, Ohio.” Workers with tractor-powered threshing machine in barn. “Cleveland.” “Indianapolis.” “To accomplish the many tasks set before it each day is not always an easy matter, but the Fordson may be depended upon to give a worthy account of itself.” Tractor-drawn plow in field, large farmhouse in background - tractor-drawn road grader in operation - farmyard, worker driving tractor - worker pitching grain into tractor-powered threshing machine. “There are 20 tons of hay baled on H.C. Collier’s farm daily and the price per ton baled is $12.50.” Workers pitching hay from stack into tractor-powered baler. “On the farm of Chas. Adams, Paris, Ill., 3,500 bushels of corn are shelled per day.” Tractor-powered corn sheller in operation in farmyard, workers. “Filling a silo on the farm of Mrs. Graham, Paris, Ill.” Tractor-powered conveyor filling silo. “Numerous are its tasks and often the Fordson is called into unfamiliar fields to prove its qualities. Doing strenuous duty at the C.I.&W.R.R. shops.” [1920]
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